[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Sondrestrom U.S. Air Force Base, Greenland

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

US cold-war waste irks Greenland
Pentagon refuses to clean up toxic military bases, saying it would set a 
bad precedent.

By Colin Woodard
Christian Science Monitor
August 22, 2008

KANGERLUSSUAQ, Greenland

The former Sondrestrom US Air Force Base is now a busy community of 500, 
a midsized town by Greenland standards.

Runways built for heavy bombers and transports now accommodate wide- 
bodied jetliners, which disgorge passengers connecting to Greenland’s 
many small airstrips. Tourists head out on musk ox safaris or join 
cruise ships at the base’s old supply dock, while locals enjoy 
Greenland’s only indoor swimming pool, originally built for US troops.

Greenland is dotted with former US military installations - and one 
active one - a reminder of its importance as a steppingstone in the 
fight against Nazi Germany and as a cold-war surveillance and 
missile-detection base.

...

For the entire article, see
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/08/22/us-cold-war-waste-irks-greenland/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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